No Chance for Twitter in China ? (Video)

Star Chang, Jan 31, 2012 3:58 PM, 534 views, 1 Comment »,

Twitter has clarify details around the company’s new censorship policy. The move, which has already been praised by Chinese government mouthpiece Global Times, caused controversy amongst users who accused the microblogging site of caving into censorship. While some have speculated that the introduction could be a play to move into China market, where the service is currently blocked, Dick Costolo, the CEO of twitter has denied the theory …

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Twitter Censoring Tweets, Ready to Go China ?

Star Chang, Jan 27, 2012 10:53 AM, 463 views, 2 Comments »,

Twitter announced that it would begin restricting Tweets in certain countries. Twitter will reactively withhold content from users in some specific countries while keeping it available in the rest of the world. It has built a mechanism to inform users in the event that a Tweet is being blocked, to retain some transparency. As the company continue to grow internationally, Twitter is trying to enter those countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression. With the possibility of such restrictions, is twitter ready to enter the big China market ?

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Over 500 Million Chinese Internet Users Are Living Behind The Great Firewall

Herman Lai, Jan 17, 2012 5:22 PM, 569 views, Got something to say ?,

According to the statistics by CNNIC, the country had 513 million Internet users at the end of December. This tremendous figure can be attributed to the raise of Weibo and mobile internet becomes common.

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Jack Dorsey Hopes Twitter Can be Unblocked in China

Star Chang, Jan 14, 2012 3:19 PM, 576 views, Got something to say ?,

Twitter has about 300 million users right now, but it is still blocked in China, depriving it of a market of 500 million potential users. Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter is currently visiting China, where he has expressed his disappointment about Chinese government’s decision to block Twitter …

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Top 10 Greatest China’s Tech Stories of 2011

Star Chang, Jan 2, 2012 1:27 PM, 4,813 views, Got something to say ?,

2011 has just passed. It was a lively year for the China’s internet and tech industry. We look back at some of the year’s biggest stories such as Foxconn explosion, Chinese hacking, more censorship and the rise of the Chinese brand smartphones. Follow along after the break, we will run you through all the greatest China tech news in 2011, enjoy !

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China’s Internet Speed Still Lagging Behind Compare Worldwide

Star Chang, Nov 22, 2011 11:17 AM, 2,544 views, 1 Comment »,

China’s internet speed and broadband charges have long been drawing Chinese netizens’ concerns. Recently, one of China’s telecom experts claimed that China’s internet speed is above average with low charges. Such a claim was questioned by most netizens. According to some analysis report which had issued last year, with income gap adjusted, China’s broadband has charged 124 times more then South Korea, but provides unsatisfactory network speeds. China has been putting huge investment into almost every aspect of its economy, yet one crucial area in which China has been lagging behind is the internet network.

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China’s Tech Firms Support Government in Controls on Internet (Video)

Star Chang, Nov 7, 2011 9:13 PM, 678 views, Got something to say ?,

We believe this is going to become ugly and evil ! China’s major technology firms are supporting China’s Communist Party in its mission to intensify controls of social media and are pledging to stop the spread of false rumors on the Internet. Various top executives including Baidu’s Robin Li, Alibaba’s Jack Ma and Tencent’s Pony Ma have attended the three-day conference during last weekend, which hosted by the State Internet Information Office. China’s Internet companies and operators reached a common agreement that they would safeguard the broadcasting of positive messages and curb the spread of illegal information on the Internet …

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Tencent Wants to Back Up China’s Internet Censorship ?

Star Chang, Oct 31, 2011 4:28 PM, 444 views, 2 Comments »,

A tech conference held by Techcrunch kicked off this week in Beijing, China. The discussed topics ranging from Internet censorship, Google’s Android troubles in China and ambitions of China’s start-up companies. During the interview on Tencent, one of the world’s biggest Internet giants which provide services on web portals, games, social networks and instant messenger, has told TechCrunch that the company support the government on controlling and inspection of information flow in China …

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Android Market In China Is Running Again

Star Chang, Oct 12, 2011 3:23 PM, 1,347 views, 1 Comment »,

Android Market is back in China! The online app store for Android smartphone can be accessible in China again. Google said that they have identified a technical issue during a software update and the problem has fixed it by now. Android Market was blocked across the major regions of China during the last few days, and lots of news and blog sites speculated on the motive. What appeared to be an intentional government blocking was merely a glitch related to software issue …

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Android Market Is Currently Blocked In China

Star Chang, Oct 10, 2011 1:29 PM, 1,511 views, 5 Comments »,

Google is not faring well in China due to the government’s restrictions. Now the Great Firewall of China has blocked the Android Market, the online app store for Android smartphone users. This is not the first time that Android Market was blocked in China, it had happened once before in 2009. For the Android users in China, they only have an option to use other local app stores. This move might very well have been due to giving more business opportunities to the local startups rather than the official Android’s app store …

Update: Android market can be accessible in China now. More info, see here.

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